The REFRESCO final conference, jointly organised by UNIFE and Talgo, was held at the Solvay Library in Brussels on 21 January. The purpose of the final conference was to disseminate the project results as well as to discuss the project outcomes with experts from the rail sector, the aeronautics sector, […]
It is our pleasure to announce the REFRESCO Final Conference “Setting the standards for new structural materials for rolling stock”. The REFRESCO final event will be held in Brussels the 21st of January 2016 where the consortium will present the findings from the project. REFRESCO investigated how to set the […]
If a train’s car body is made of composite materials, the train’s weight will reduce by 20 to 30 percent. These weight savings will lead to lower energy consumption and a reduction of a least five percent of CO2 emissions, says Martijn Wolf, Technical Consultant at Ricardo Rail. Current European […]
On 1 July 2015 the REFRESCO Reference Group met for the first time. The meeting was held at the SNCF maintenance workshop for lightweight materials in Rouen which provided a very suitable setting for the meeting of the group. The Reference Group was an opportunity for the REFRESCO project to […]
Half-way through the project, REFRESCO publishes a first newsletter which gives an overview of what has been achieved so far. To read/download the newsletter click here.
From 23 to 27 March the Antwerp Rail School will take place, where – according to the school – rail industry experts, academics and high-level practitioners, discuss everything that academics or PhD students in rail teaching and research need to know. This, of course, includes REFRESCO. On Friday, 27 March, […]
The European Rolling Stock Forum calls itself the largest and most prestigious business conference in Central and Eastern Europe, devoted to the railway vehicle manufacturing market in the region. Its 2015 edition is focused on the topic of modern technologies used in the construction and maintenance of rolling stock, especially […]
Please click here to go find the first batch of REFRESCO deliverables that the project has submitted to the European Commission!
On 6 November 2014, REFRESCO hold its general assembly that brought together all partners involved in the project. The work package leaders informed the project partners about the developments in their respective work packages. This those partners that are not part of the Technical Management Team to see the whole […]
This European conference will bring together the research, innovation and standardization communities to explore and discuss the role of standards in research and innovation. Leading experts in innovation and standardization will present their experiences in linking the two worlds and how each one is benefitting from the other. Thematic parallel […]
Thursday September 12th saw the kick-off event of the REFRESCO project. The vast majority of the eighteen partners were represented at the kick-off event which took place at the Thon Hotel Bristol Stephanie in Brussels. The event was opened by Mr Massimo Marianeschi, General Manager of the co-ordinator, UNIFE, who […]